Does cropping a photo remove EXIF?

Usually not. Most editors preserve the metadata block when they save, so a cropped photo still carries the original coordinates, timestamp and serial number.

Do social networks strip EXIF for me?

Most large platforms do strip it on upload, but you cannot rely on it. Messaging apps, email attachments, cloud folders, marketplaces and file transfers frequently pass the original file through untouched.

Does a screenshot remove EXIF?

It removes the original EXIF, because a screenshot is a new file. It also degrades the image, and it does nothing about faces or anything visible in the frame.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The file is read, edited and saved entirely inside your browser. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.

Remove EXIF data from a photo — free, in your browser

What EXIF actually is

EXIF is a block of data your camera writes into the image file alongside the picture. It was designed so photo software could show shutter speed and lens settings, and it grew from there. A modern phone writes dozens of fields on every shot.

It is attached to the file, not to the picture. Cropping, resizing or converting a photo usually leaves EXIF completely intact, which is why a file can look edited and still carry everything it started with.

What is usually in it

Camera make, model and lens. The date and time down to the second. Exposure, aperture, ISO and focal length. On most phones, GPS coordinates. On many cameras, a body serial number that is identical across every photo that camera has ever taken.

Some files also carry an owner or copyright name, the software used to edit them, and a small thumbnail of the original image — which occasionally still shows the uncropped version of a photo that was cropped.

How this tool removes it

The file you download is drawn from scratch, one pixel at a time, into a brand-new image. Nothing is copied across from the original container, so there is no EXIF block to survive. This is different from tools that blank out individual fields and leave the structure behind.

You can check the result with any EXIF viewer, or run exiftool against the downloaded file. A photo straight off a camera typically carries more than 200 entries; the export has none of them.

Questions

Does cropping a photo remove EXIF?: Usually not. Most editors preserve the metadata block when they save, so a cropped photo still carries the original coordinates, timestamp and serial number.
Do social networks strip EXIF for me?: Most large platforms do strip it on upload, but you cannot rely on it. Messaging apps, email attachments, cloud folders, marketplaces and file transfers frequently pass the original file through untouched.
Does a screenshot remove EXIF?: It removes the original EXIF, because a screenshot is a new file. It also degrades the image, and it does nothing about faces or anything visible in the frame.
Is anything uploaded?: No. The file is read, edited and saved entirely inside your browser. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.